Scientific data near [50.67500,-127.85830]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 3.5 km north-south.

Geographic context

Canadian census divisions
Mount Waddington	Regional District
British Columbia	Province
Canada	Cross reference of political and quadrangles
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
QUATSINO	1:50,000 scale quadrangle
ALERT BAY	1:250,000 scale quadrangle
Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
British Columbia	province
Canada	country
North America	continent
Land	continent

Major mineral deposits of the world

Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Commodity
Hushamu (Expo)	Hydrothermal	Copper, gold, molybdenum

Global distribution of selected mines, deposits, and districts of critical minerals

Approximate locations and short descriptions of mines, deposits, and districts where critical minerals are found. The critical minerals are discussed in USGS Professional Paper 1802 many of these locations are described in further detail in that report.

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Site name	Critical minerals	Deposit type
Hushamu	Rhenium	Porphyry Cu-Au

Porphyry copper deposits of the world

Information on porphyry copper deposits from around the world with grade and tonnage models, a general classification based on geologic setting, mineralogy, with data allowing locations of these deposits to be plotted using GIS.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Hushamu	17	British Columbia, Canada

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Late Continental Arc	porphyry copper	Porphyry Cu systems associated with predominantly calc-alkalic igneous rocks of post-accretionary continental magmatic arcs (Oligocene-Pliocene)
Intermontane Island-Arc	porphyry copper	Porphyry Cu systems associated with pre-accretionary Triassic and Jurassic calc-alkalic island arcs that formed offshore of western North America
Intermontane Island-Arc Cu-Au	porphyry copper	Triassic and Jurassic alkalic igneous rocks of accreted island arcs that formed offshore of western North America
Insular Mixed Island- and Continental Arc	porphyry copper	Calc-alkalic igneous rocks of accreted Jurassic island-arc terranes
Cordilleran Continental Arc	porphyry copper	Porphyry Cu systems associated with predominantly calc-alkalic igneous rocks of post-accretionary continental magmatic arcs (Jurassic-Eocene)
Pacific Margin	porphyry copper	Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia.